Person governor and captain-general of Madeira governor and captain-general
Florêncio José Correia de Melo
governor and captain-general of Madeira · governor and captain-general
Governor and captain-general of Madeira from 1815 to 1819, who restored order and reformed administration after the British occupation and received Napoleon's passage and Princess Leopoldina. He had the Campo da Barca built and named it after the Conde da Barca.
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- Misericórdias — Governor and captain-general of Madeira who reported on Funchal's failed 1815 petition to absorb the rural Misericórdias.
- Barca (square) — Governor and captain-general of Madeira who had the Campo da Barca built and named it after the Conde da Barca.
- Chief authorities of the archipelago — Governor and captain-general who took office in April 1815; the last name in Giraldes's list.
- Leopoldina (Archduchess) — Governor and captain-general of Madeira, praised by the government in Rio for his reception of the archduchess.
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Florêncio José Correia de Melo was appointed governor and captain-general of Madeira.
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Florêncio José Correia de Melo arrived in Funchal on 16 April 1815 and took office as governor and captain-general of the archipelago on 22 April.
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The Campo da Barca was handed over to the Funchal council by order of the governor.
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